Hey y'all!
So today I got to see the fabulous Grand Canyon! It was a very nice day, even though the weather reports all said to be prepared for a high heat index of 88 degrees (apparently no one has been to alabama...) but that was no problem for me (normal heat index of 105 degrees... HA!). My grandfather and i decided to go hike part of the Bright Angel Trail, which is the only trail that goes down into the canyon and out the opposite side. Unfortunately, we didn't know how far away the trail was, so we ended up hiking 2 miles to get to the actual trail (we had planned to hike 3 miles, but there's over 18 miles total)! we ended up going 1/2 of a mile down the trail then coming back. This trail is the same trail the mules use to get to Phantom Ranch down at the base pf the canyon, and the smells of the "presents" they'd left us was pretty unbearable! :P
So we ended up hiking a total of 5 miles, plus whatever we'd covered walking around before. I thought it was a decent workout, but i can't wait to get back to a breatheable altitude so that i can get back to my cross country training!
Hope y'all are having a great summer!
-Emily
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Road trip! (emily)
Sorry it's been so long (again) but i've been slightly out of range. Out of range, meaning Colorado country side, where it doesn't matter if you use Verison or AT&T... you STILL won't have service!
The reason i'm way out West, rather than in my Southeastern hometown, is that the grandparents decided that my sister and i haven't seen enough of the world... or... the U.S. So they are driving us out to as many national parks as we can fit in a month time period. So far we've been through Kansas (not much out there, not even a flying house), Denver (runs in this altitude are NOT good for a flat-lander like me), and Gunnison, Colorado (a small-town camping site at the base of like fifty million bluffs). it's "fun" getting to get altitude sickness (my sister) and fall down the side of a hill (me) but the views were worth it!
Hopefully i'll be uploading pictures soon, but with service and my lack of knowledge of uploading pictures to a card then to the comuter... it could be a while.
Hoping your summer is sky-rocketing! :)
-Emily
The reason i'm way out West, rather than in my Southeastern hometown, is that the grandparents decided that my sister and i haven't seen enough of the world... or... the U.S. So they are driving us out to as many national parks as we can fit in a month time period. So far we've been through Kansas (not much out there, not even a flying house), Denver (runs in this altitude are NOT good for a flat-lander like me), and Gunnison, Colorado (a small-town camping site at the base of like fifty million bluffs). it's "fun" getting to get altitude sickness (my sister) and fall down the side of a hill (me) but the views were worth it!
Hopefully i'll be uploading pictures soon, but with service and my lack of knowledge of uploading pictures to a card then to the comuter... it could be a while.
Hoping your summer is sky-rocketing! :)
-Emily
Friday, June 3, 2011
"Sorry it's been so long"... (Emily)
Happy Summer!
I'm sorry it's been so long, but after the tornaedo, everything went hectic!
The first week after i was helping out with supplies at a few churches and training for the State Championships in high school soccer! While we didn't make it all the way, we were proud to be part of the Elite Eight. We'd gotten farther than any of the other varsity sports at my school!
After soccer ended, i threw myself to the books in preparation for exams. Has anyone ever felt as if they didn't know what to do when it came time for studying for exams, even though they'd done it for about 3 years?? Well, i definitely felt that, as with my friends. My friend Katie was one of my study buddies during these trying times, and at one point while i was trying to find the chart for cunjugating passive and active subjunctives (Latin is NOT for the faint hearted) Katie was lying on the floor making pitiful moaning and strange mewing noises. I seriously thought she'd swallowed a cat.
Needless to say, I survived, and actually thought I did quite well on my history and geometry exams! I can't say likewise for my latin exam, and i am so glad I had exempted because I highly doubt that I would be alive right now if otherwise. I wasn't the only one... out of about the 20 honor class kids (there are 28 total in my grade) only 2 took the exam.
In celebration, I went to the movies with Katie and another of my friends, Lindsey, and saw the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The best part was probably when a couple Spanish soldiers were killed by being clonked in the head by coconuts. Leave it to Jack to be creative when it comes to running for his life!
Other than the movie, I've done little else so far this week. Mostly because I've been studying for the SAT, which I take Saturday, but also because there are roofers working on my house and I haven't been sleeping well! Course, NO ONE would be sleeping well if they were woken up around 6:00 in the morning for 4 days straight. But next week, I promise to be more active; going to parties, sticking to my XC training schedule (you're NEVER on break when it comes to running), actually putting on the dreaded swimsuit (I usually stick to my running shorts), and being the usually overrated, jaded teen. :)
P.S. I also promise to be more dedicated to this blog... just to let y'all know that I'm still alive or that I don't hate y'all or anything. ;) ROLL TIDE <3
I'm sorry it's been so long, but after the tornaedo, everything went hectic!
The first week after i was helping out with supplies at a few churches and training for the State Championships in high school soccer! While we didn't make it all the way, we were proud to be part of the Elite Eight. We'd gotten farther than any of the other varsity sports at my school!
After soccer ended, i threw myself to the books in preparation for exams. Has anyone ever felt as if they didn't know what to do when it came time for studying for exams, even though they'd done it for about 3 years?? Well, i definitely felt that, as with my friends. My friend Katie was one of my study buddies during these trying times, and at one point while i was trying to find the chart for cunjugating passive and active subjunctives (Latin is NOT for the faint hearted) Katie was lying on the floor making pitiful moaning and strange mewing noises. I seriously thought she'd swallowed a cat.
Needless to say, I survived, and actually thought I did quite well on my history and geometry exams! I can't say likewise for my latin exam, and i am so glad I had exempted because I highly doubt that I would be alive right now if otherwise. I wasn't the only one... out of about the 20 honor class kids (there are 28 total in my grade) only 2 took the exam.
In celebration, I went to the movies with Katie and another of my friends, Lindsey, and saw the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The best part was probably when a couple Spanish soldiers were killed by being clonked in the head by coconuts. Leave it to Jack to be creative when it comes to running for his life!
Other than the movie, I've done little else so far this week. Mostly because I've been studying for the SAT, which I take Saturday, but also because there are roofers working on my house and I haven't been sleeping well! Course, NO ONE would be sleeping well if they were woken up around 6:00 in the morning for 4 days straight. But next week, I promise to be more active; going to parties, sticking to my XC training schedule (you're NEVER on break when it comes to running), actually putting on the dreaded swimsuit (I usually stick to my running shorts), and being the usually overrated, jaded teen. :)
P.S. I also promise to be more dedicated to this blog... just to let y'all know that I'm still alive or that I don't hate y'all or anything. ;) ROLL TIDE <3
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